2 // Copyright (c) 2011, ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
4 // This program and the accompanying materials
5 // are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
6 // which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at
7 // http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
9 // THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
10 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
14 EXPORT monitor_vector_table
15 EXPORT return_from_exception
16 EXPORT enter_monitor_mode
17 EXPORT copy_cpsr_into_spsr
19 AREA Helper, CODE, READONLY
32 // arg0: Secure Monitor mode stack
34 mov r2, lr // Save current lr
36 mrs r1, cpsr // Save current mode (SVC) in r1
37 bic r3, r1, #0x1f // Clear all mode bits
38 orr r3, r3, #0x16 // Set bits for Monitor mode
39 msr cpsr_cxsf, r3 // We are now in Monitor Mode
41 mov sp, r0 // Use the passed sp
42 mov lr, r2 // Use the same lr as before
44 msr spsr_cxsf, r1 // Use saved mode for the MOVS jump to the kernel
47 // We cannot use the instruction 'movs pc, lr' because the caller can be written either in ARM or Thumb2 assembler.
48 // When we will jump into this function, we will set the CPSR flag to ARM assembler. By copying directly 'lr' into
49 // 'pc'; we will not change the CPSR flag and it will crash.
50 // The way to fix this limitation is to do the movs into the ARM assmbler code and then do a 'bx'.
52 adr lr, returned_exception
54 returned_exception // We are now in non-secure state
57 // Save the current Program Status Register (PSR) into the Saved PSR